Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Adrianne Lenker is the lead singer and plays guitar in the band Big Thief. As a solo artist, she put out her first album, Stages of the Sun, in 2006, followed by Hours Were the Birds in 2014, the same year she began working with guitarist/songwriter Buck Meek. Lenker went on to release Abysskiss in 2018 and a pair of records, Songs and Instrumentals, in 2020. Her most recent collection, Bright Future, is out March 2024.